Umzimvubu Local Municipality has been made alert of the recent outbreak of job scams involving the municipality’s name. The municipality would like to plead with all community residents to exercise precautionary steps to avoid being a victim of such malicious activities. The suspects are said to be using different names to avoid being caught however the methods of operation remain the same. Umzimvubu Local Municipality rebukes these malicious activities and pleads with law authorities to take all reports to book. With this said the municipality yearns to strongly advise communities to dismiss any suspicious individual claiming to be from the municipality with a lucrative job offer.